The wide open prairie, peacefully calm even when the wind is blowing
from 0 to 80 mph!
It can be 115 degrees or -35 with a wind chill of -90.
Whether it be 100 grasshoppers per sq. foot or a rattlesnake den...
Whether it be snow drifts over your house or hail ripping apart your
roof...
It is still a marvelous place.
I would like to recommend two very 'good' and quick
read & picture books for those interested...
If You're Not From the Prairie... by David Bouchard and
Henry Ripplinger
Prairie Born by Dave Bouchard and Peter Shostak
Both available on Amazon.com
2011
The
National Grasslands
A Panorama of the National Grasslands of Central South Dakota near
Pierre, SD
Sitting
Through a Prairie Rain
Listen to the quiet sounds of a prairie rain in July as I sit in the
car along the highway.
2010 Pics/Vidoes
An Original Sod House Prairie Homestead
The Prairie Homestead is the original home of Mr. and Mrs
Ed Brown who homesteaded 160 acres in 1909. This original homestead
is preserved as though a homestead family was living there today.
This homestead is typical of the homes they built or rather dug into the
ground. See
The main property
The main house
Pictures of the days it was 'in action.'
Behind the house.
Their outhouse - and that would have been a cold walk during the winter
blizzards!
no comment... haha There is history in those holes!
The 5 acres they needed to plow up so they could keep the claim.
Their food storage hole.
Down in the food storage hole.
Their chicken hut.
One of their original wagons.
30 feet deep 'hand dug' well. Water was tough to find let alone
get at by digging.
Peaple did actually live there!
Prairie Homestead Videos
Homestead7362.wmv
- inside main sod house
Homestead7366.wmv
- inside main sod house II
Homestead7367.wmv
- outside around back of main sod house
Homestead7372.wmv
- the 5 acres needed to plow to prove claim
Homestead7379.wmv
- chicken house
Homestead7384.wmv
- inside the 'barn'
Wild Turkeys in the brush - when you can actually
find brush, that is!
The White Prairie Dog
The Prairie Homestead has the only white prairie dog
town in the world.
Now don't say, "awe, so cute!" They are a rodent - they destroy farmland
- they need to be in my crosshairs of my .17 Golden Boy, not in the lens
of my camera. You ask me how I can shoot these critters and I ask
you how can you not?
